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Homework and Emergencies Homework & Coursework Questions Bash if and loops help Post 302513281 by boyboy1212 on Tuesday 12th of April 2011 06:41:12 PM
Old 04-12-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by Corona688
Code:
REPEAT="y"

while [ "$REPEAT" = "y" ]
do
        echo "stuff"

        echo "Would you like a repeat?(type y/n and hit enter)"
        read REPEAT
done

Wow... I was way off thank you.
 

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ag

AG(1)								   User Commands							     AG(1)

NAME

       ag - manual page for ag 3.6.0

SYNOPSIS

       ag [options] [file[, file2, ...]]

DESCRIPTION

       See the online manual (https://wiki.fysik.dtu.dk/ase/ase/gui.html) for more information.

OPTIONS

       --version
	      show program's version number and exit

       -h, --help
	      show this help message and exit

       -n NUMBER, --image-number=NUMBER
	      Pick  image(s)  from  trajectory.   NUMBER  can  be  a  single  number  (use  a  negative number to count from the back) or a range:
	      start:stop:step, where the ":step" part can be left out - default values are 0:nimages:1.

       -u I, --show-unit-cell=I
	      0: Don't show unit cell.	1: Show unit cell.  2: Show all of unit cell.

       -r REPEAT, --repeat=REPEAT
	      Repeat unit cell.  Use "-r 2" or "-r 2,3,1".

       -R ROTATIONS, --rotations=ROTATIONS
	      Examples: "-R -90x", "-R 90z,-30x".

       -o FILE, --output=FILE
	      Write configurations to FILE.

       -g EXPR, --graph=EXPR
	      Plot x,y1,y2,... graph from configurations or write data to sdtout in terminal mode.  Use the symbols: i, s, d, fmax, e, ekin, A, R,
	      E and F.	See https://wiki.fysik.dtu.dk/ase/ase/gui.html#plottingdata for more details.

       -t, --terminal
	      Run in terminal window - no GUI.

       --aneb Read ANEB data.

       --interpolate=N
	      Interpolate N images between 2 given images.

       -b, --bonds
	      Draw bonds between atoms.

       -s FLOAT, --scale=FLOAT
	      Scale covalent radii.

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